Shackle.



No. 859,131. PATENTED JULY 2, 1907. G..SNEARLY.

SHAGKLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 2 1907.

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DETRQIT vHOHfGAN.

SHAGKLE.

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Speoiflootion of Letters Patent.

Patented July 2,

Application filer} liar-ch 21,1907. sum-st semis.

' signed for uoo in connoctiou'witlro hors-zoshpeing rock or stock, forthe purpose of holding the 5100f oi the horse in proper and convenientposition to by; shod.

The object of the invention is to provide an i )rovesl device which canbe quicklysncl easily oppl to the hoof and whioh will automatically lockitself upon the leg oi the horse when so applied The invention may beused. in connection with almost any of the known lrorsesllooing stocksor raoks in which a horse is com fined while being shod.

The invention is illustrated in the aocompanylng drawings, in whichFigure l is a top plan View of the device in unlocked 7 or set posrtlon.Flg. 2 1s a similar HQW 211 locked po.-

sition Fig. 3 is on edge View. Fig. 4 is a section on the line M of Fig.2. Fig, 5 is a detail in. section showing thelooking pawl.

Refsrring specifically to the drawings, 6 indioatos a substantiallysemi-circular coming or momlaertowhich is pivoted, by a bolt 7, aoomporatiuy; substantially semi-circular part or member 8, and the twowhen. closed form a cuff or ring of suitable size and shape to extendaround the paotorn and be looked thereon. The free end oi the member 6is rocoosed so indicatod st 9 to rocoivo a rack piece 10 projoo'tingfrom. the and of, or forming a continuation of, the member 8. And in therecess 9 is a spring pawl 11 adapted to engage the rack and lock theports' when closed At the knuckle or pivoted end the member 8 has aprojection 12 to which is pivotally connected a. curved rod 13, whichhas a, shoulder seen at 1dw This curved rod extends into a hollow 15formed in tho laody of the member 6, and said rod has a, coiled spring16 around the same, in compression between the shoulder Mood a pin 17 atthe far end of the hollow 15.

Iivotod by 1;. bolt 18, to lugs progooting irom the ruember fl, is a,latch. piece 19 having a dopondiiig fingor 20 arranged. to engageboi'liod 2), lug; El projecting upwardly from the member 8. The latchpiece also has a segment gear 22 whioh'meshea with s. segment gear 23 ona trigger 24 which is pivoted by the bolt 7 and which extends out oorossor bookie the cuff or ring formed by the two members 6 and 8. Themembers 6' and 8 have peripheral fianges provided ivith holes: 25 bywhich cords may be attached to pull or hold the horsos hoof in properposition.

In. use, the device is set by pulling open the members 6 and 8, therebycompressing the spring 16, and 'then engaging the finger 20 ofthe latcharound behind the log 21, as sl own in Fig. 1. This is done by shiftingthe trigger, after the members are pulled open for enough. In thisposition, the gear connection between the latch piece and the triggercauses the said trigger to extend across the cuff or open space'wilhinthe tool. The device is then grasped in the hand, or in a pair of tongs,511d applied to the log of the horse at the pastern, which strikes thetrigger, causing the some to turn and to tun} the latch piece 19 so thatits finger 20 is released frofii' the log 21. The force of the. spring16 thon-'-immed,i ately throws the member 8 around, snapping the toolupon tho pastern. As it closes the notched egctension l0 swings l utothe recess 9 and the notohes are o'ngaged by the dotent 01' pawl 11,thor ljylocking the device upon the foot.- The hoof mat when belifte dor pulled up by the cords and then held'in proper'position while beingshod. Release is offc ted by'springing back the pawl 11 and pulling openthe members.

I claim:

i. A device or the kind described, comprlslug two (.lll'V'Lll memberspholud together at one end, and having a (llll'll at the other endadapted to hold the same closed, ofio of snld members having a hollowportlon and the other having u projection and a rod pivoted to saidprojection and xtvnding into the hollow portion, a spring coiled aroundsaid rod in compression between the members and iendlng 1.0 close thesome, and a lotch engugeable between the members, had adapted to holdsome open when engaged v I 2. A device of the kind described, complflslncurved members pivoted together at one grid, l lld' hrijlniiu catch atthe other end adapted to hold the satire closed; a spring between themembers, tending: to close the same, a latch piece pivoted to one or themembers and having. a projection adapted to engage the other, and alsohavlng a segment gear, and n trlgger pivoted to one of the mgmhers andextending across the same and lravlng a segment gear meshing with saldfirst named segment gear, and adapted touutonmtlcully release the latchplace when the device ls applied to an animal's leg. p

In testimony whereof I 111111: my slguature, in presence of twowitnesses.

GEORGE SNEABLY.

Witnesses (301m E. HEMPEL, Emzmu'rn J. Forum.-

